Welting



June l0, 1930. w. J, FALLON, JR l {Il-,762,967

WELTING Filed March 5, 1929 the double welt strip in the creaseV of the Patented June 10, `1930 WILLIAM J. FALLON, JR., or BosToNgMAssAcHUsE'rrs WELTING Application mea vMarch 5, 1929. serial No. 344,323.

This invention relates to improvements in welting of increased thickness, and method of making the same.

In manufacturing boots and shoes it is sometimes desirable to employ welting hav-Y ing a greater thickness than the leather stock from which the welting is cut.

This welting of increased thickness gives the shoe in which it is used the appearance of having a thick outsole or of having the weight and wearing properties of the shoe otherwise increased, but if the increased thickness of the welting is imparted to the Welt strip throughout its width the inner edge portion of the welting will be too thick to fit snugly in the crease of the shoe.

It has therefore been the general prac-V tice heretofore in employing welting of increased thickness to form they same of two 'welt strips secured one on top vof the other,

each being rectangular in cross-sectiony throughout the greater portion of its width but'having the stock partly cut away near its inner edge to facilitate the insertion of shoe. Y

This method of forming weltingl of increased thickness however is open to the objection that it requires twice the amount of stock as the ordinary welting, and furthermore, when the usual groove for the inseam stitches is formed in that portionv of the welting which has been partly cutaway to decrease its width, the remaining portion of the -stock at this point may not be thick enough to saving in welt stock is secured in producing thick welting, and at the same time ample stock is provided to receive the groove for the inseam stitches and to prevent the stitches from tearing through the stock at this point. The various features of the invention and method of carrying out the same will be best understood from the following description when read in connection .with the drawings In the drawings g- Fig. l is a welting; Y Y

Fig. 2-is a perspective viewshowing thel perspective vieWof a strip of welting of'Fig'. 1A splitvby a diagonal cutto form two. wedge-'shaped strips;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing three wedge-.shaped strips disposed in spaced relafk tion to each other; F igl 4 shows the strips of Fig. .3 assembled to form a strip of thick welting; and

F ig..5is a transverse sectional View through a portion of a shoe of Fig. 4.- Y n In carrying outthe present invention the strips of stock employed in forming the thick welting ofFig.,4 may besecured from any suitable source of supply, but these strips are conveniently obtained from strips of vwelting 10 such .as shown in Fig. 1. vThe stripfof welting 10is split diagonally. by a cut 11k formed at ank acute angle toa face of the welt-v ing `to produce the strips 12 'and13 that are wedge-shaped in cross-section.

All yof the wedge-shaped ,strips .iniFig 3- may be produced by splitting two welt strips 10 as shown in Fig. 2, -inewhichcase four, wedge-shaped strips will be provided, only provided with the welting *A three of which will be required to form the Y thick kvvelting of Fig. 4. I-Io-wever, any one.

or-more of the strips ofFig. VSmaybe 4produced through otherexpedientsthan that of,-

splitting a welt strip 10diagonally.

Having obtained the-three wedge-shapedi strips shown in Fig. 3, they are arranged so thattwo'of these strips, forv example, 12 and 13, have their thick portions disposed ,at the outer edge of the inished welting, while the third strip v14 lislinsertedzbetween the'rotherV two strips with its thickpyortionl disposed at the inner edge ofthe finished welting, as will be apparent'from Fig. 4.

The upper face of the upper strip 12 should i constitute the graink face of the leather, the thervstrips 13 and 14 kneed not have ar grain ace. f V v It will be apparent from the construction just described that the thickgwelting of Fig. 4 canV be produced from three of ythefour wedge-shapedstrips obtained by splitting two.

' strips 10 diagonally, thereby securing asav`V ing of`25% in stock over the thick welting above described as employed heretofore.

Furthermore, as a result of the present construction the thick portion of the strip 14; ydisposed at the inner edge of the finished welting provide sufcient stock adjacent the stitch receiving groove 15 to withstand the strain of the inseam stitchesV 16 employed to bind the welting and shoe upper 17 to the inner sole 18.

It is important that the feather edge 19 of the upper strip 412loe prevented from working loose from the liller strip 14, and this is accomplished, in accordance with the present invention, by providing the filler strip 14 with the bevel 2O` to which the lip 19 issecured. As a result the thick filler strip is given a beveled face that causes it to Iit snugly against lthe shoe upper 17 and the lip 19 'is directed downwardly along the upper in position to be further secured'in place by the inseam stitches 16. The parts of the thick welting are further secured together by the outsole stitches 21 provided to secure the out- 25 sole 22 to` the'welting. Y

l What is claimed is 1. As an article of manufacture, a strip Vof welting of increased thickness formed of three strips of stock each wedge-shaped in crosssection and secured together one on top of the 7? other with the thick portion of one wedge-` shapcd strip lying between the thin portions Y of the other two wedge-shaped strips.

2. As an article of manufacture, a strip of welting of increased thicknessV formed of f three strips of stock each wedge-shaped in cross-section and secured together one on top of the other with the thick portionof oneV strip lying between the thin portion of the A other two strips and the upper strip having its thin edge portion secured to a bevel formed upon the thick portion ofthe intermediate strip. f i

3. As an article of manufacture, a strip of 4 Welting of increased thickness and formed of fa portion that is substantially rectangular in cross-section and of a portion secured thereto that is wedge-shaped in cross-section the latter having its thin part positioned to lie in the'crease of a shoe and its thick part positioned'to lie iiush with the outer vertical edge ofthe welting.

Vv1; As an article of manufacture, a strip of welting of increased thickness and formed of A a portion thatis substantially rectangular in "-cross-section but has .a beveled edge and ofa portion secured thereto that is wedgeshaped in cross-section, the latter having its thin part secured to the bevel of the first eonmentioned portion and its thick part positioned to lie ush with the outer edge of the welting. i

r 57. VAs an article ofmanufacture, a strip of welting formed of two pieces of welt stock e5 each wedge-shaped in cross-section and se- Vname to this specication.

WILLIAM J. FALLON, JR. 

